Molluscum contagiosum and viral warts — clinical case

Case

A 4-year-old boy presents with a six-month history of small, shiny, pearly papules in both axillae that have gradually increased in number, and a rough, firm grey-brown papule on the side of his right thumb present for four months. He has a history of atopic dermatitis, attends swimming lessons weekly, and has a younger sibling. His mother is anxious that the lesions will scar and spread to his brother, and she asks for them to be frozen off today. He is otherwise well, growing normally, and fully immunised. ^[2]